Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Production Title: ‘Justified’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-in to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois from Wednesday, May 18th to Thursday, May 19th. Must be able to work from the said date. 

Roles: Judge Stand-In

• African American
• 5’1″–5’4″

Covid Test: May 18, 2022

Rate: $175 for up to 10 hours, plus overtime. Plus $50 for covid testing 48 hours prior to each day.

Production  Description: 

Timothy Olyphant is dusting off his cowboy hat (you know the one). Olyphant will reprise his role as Raylan Givens, that smoking gunslinger, in a miniseries spinoff of FX’s crime drama Justified, which ended in 2015. Graham Yost and the creators of the original award-winning series, Elmore Leonard and Fred Golan, will also return.
Following the original series, it will be based on Elmore Leonard’s book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The new limited series will be based on Leonard’s novella Fire in the Hole and other stories featuring Givens. After Givens’s work in Kentucky is completed, the United States Marshal resides in Miami before moving to Detroit and becoming involved with the case of the Oklahoma Wildman.

Speaking of dangerous men, FX announced the addition of eight new actors to the cast of Justified: City Primeval. Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, and Victor Williams have been added to the main cast as new characters alongside Aunjanue Ellis, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Olyphant. Other Justified actors such as Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder or Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy have not confirmed if they will return for the revival, while new faces will be joining Olyphant.

Production Title: ‘LeBron James’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background actors to work on scenes filming in Cleaveland or Ohio on Tuesday, May 24th. 

Role 1: Toddler

• Age: 2-5
• Gender: Any
• Ethnicity: African America

Role 2: Young Mother

• Age: 18-25
• Gender: Female
• Ethnicity: African American

• Parent must be fully vaccinated; including booster (if eligible)
• Please note, your vaccination status will be verified by production
• Must have full day availability (filming can be 12-14 hours)
• Guardians be with the minor at all time
• MINORS CAN NOT SUBMIT THEMSELVES.
• All minors must be submitted through a parent/guardians email account. Parental/Guardian consent is mandatory and consent forms will be provided to all minors who are booked.

Covid Test: May 24, 2022

Rate: Pay is $88/8 hours + $30 covid bump

Production Title: Warner Bros FEATURE FILM: “The Color Purple-The Musical’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background actors to work on scenes filming in Atlanta, Georgia from Wednesday, May 18th to Monday, May 23rd. Must be able to work from the said date. 

Roles: (DIRECTOR SELECTED) SHUG AVERY UPSCALE PARTY GUESTS

• Atleast 18 years old or older

Covid Test: May 18, 2022

Rate: $110/10 + overtime if necessary
Covid Bump: $27.50/2

Production Description:

Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple is a Tony Award-winning musical about love, hope, and redemption.
Set in the deep south in the 1930s, Celie Harris is a poor, uneducated black woman who is constantly abused by her father and her husband. She has two children that she never sees and is forced to work as a maid for her husband’s family.

Celie begins to find hope when she meets Sofia, a feisty black woman who stands up for herself and her family. Sofia teaches Celie that she deserves to be respected and loved. Celie also forms a close bond with Shug Avery, an unconventional woman who helps Celie see the beauty in herself.

The Color Purple is a story of strength and resilience in the face of adversity. It is a powerful tale of love, sisterhood, and hope that will stay with you long after the curtain falls.

Production Title: ‘WACO : AFTERMATH’ 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background actors to work on scenes filming in Santa Fe, New Mexico from Friday, May 20th to Monday, May 23rd.

Roles: Memorial Patrons

• Atleast 18 years of age or older

Covid Test: May 20, 2022

Rate: Pay is $105/ 8 hours + $45 fitting fee

Production Description:

The Waco Aftermath Series is a eight-part documentary series that tells the story of what happened after the fiery end to the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The series features interviews with key players on both sides of the standoff, as well as never-before-seen footage and photos.

The Waco Aftermath Series is produced by Emmy-winning filmmaker Jarek Kupsc.

Production Title: Project Fraud Music Video

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Greater Toronto Area Ontario, Canada
 from Sunday, May 22nd to Tuesday, May 24th. Must be able to work on the said date. 

Roles: THE KING

• 35 to 50 years old
• White male
• Over 6 feet
• Large stature (wrestler body type, burley etc).

Covid Test: on set

Rate: $550 (fitting and shoot day)

Production Title: Nickelodeon ‘Fantasy Football’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in East Point GA, tommorow, May 18th. 

Roles: Stand-Ins

• African American/Hispanic
• Female. 4’10 – 5’1 ONLY.
• Black hair.

Covid Test: May 17, 2022

Rate: $175/12 hours for filming & $43.75 for covid test

Production Description: 

The film follows the story of a 15-year-old girl who, through her video game, dominates her father’s ability on the football field. He is a professional player who is about to be kicked off the team, but she becomes the only person who can save him. In doing so, she learns a lot about herself and her own abilities.

Production Title: ‘The Color Purple-The Musical’ 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background extras o work on scenes filming in Atlanta, Georgia from Tuesday, May 17th to Wednesday May 18th. 

Roles: Sharecropper 

• African American
• Male
• Over the age of 18

Covid Test: May 17, 2022

Rate: $110/10hours+ overtime if necessary
Covid Bump: $27.50/2 

Production Title: Popular Show Casting Call

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background extras to work on scenes filming in Potomac tomorrow Wednesday, May 18th. 

Roles: Secret Sevice Background Extras

Covid Test: No 

Rate: $200 (2-4 hours)

Production Title: Popularity Papers

Project: POPULARITY PAPERS (Series)
Episodic: 26 x 30-minute episodes (Scripted comedy)
Rate: Principal ACTRA scale (union or non-union may apply)
Production Companies: Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media
Producers: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Matthew Wexler
Series Created for Television by: Vivian Lin and Amanda Brooke Perrin. Based on the book series by Amy Ignatow.
Networks: YTV
Distributor: BBC Studios

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors work on scenes filming in Toronto, Canada and Hamilton from July 4 – October 21, 2022.

Role: HENRY

Character Description: 

Male. 12- 14. Seeking talent who identify as LGBTQIA+. Henry is a quiet, sensitive, smart and accomplished boy who dreams of one day having the confidence of a mediocre popular kid. He’s got a big imagination and an affinity for drag queens: the ultimate confidence-havers. The only attention he gets is usually unwanted and due to his small size and very unfortunate headgear situation (his nickname is “Headgear Henry”). He swears as soon as his jaw and teeth are fixed, it’s over for you foes! Until then he’ll over-apologize, take up as little space as possible and avoid candy apples like the plague.

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: $$

SYNOPSIS:

Middle school is the new high school. The life of a preteen girl is tough. You’re 12 going on 13, while everyone else in the class seems like they’re turning 20. Everyone else is trendy, sophisticated, and well…popular. This is a story of two girls hilarious struggles to make it through these formative years, where every day is awkward and the most important day of their lives (!!). While the title, Popularity Papers, may suggest a show about how to become popular, at the heart of it this series is about discovering your authentic self and not trying to be someone else just to fit in. It captures the real challenges of being a tween girl and disarms them with humor, love, and friendship. It’s a show that proves failure is an option, humiliation is good for a laugh and middle school is survivable.

Lydia and Julie are best friends on the hunt for answers to history’s question: How does someone become popular? Through pragmatic (and not-so-pragmatic) testing and social experimentation, they’ll figure out what it really means to be popular and finally get answers to questions like, do you really need to ditch your real friends to become popular? Should you quit the things you’ll love just because they’re considered “uncool”

Production Title: Popularity Papers

Project: POPULARITY PAPERS (Series)
Episodic: 26 x 30-minute episodes (Scripted comedy)
Rate: Principal ACTRA scale (union or non-union may apply)
Production Companies: Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media
Producers: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Matthew Wexler
Series Created for Television by: Vivian Lin and Amanda Brooke Perrin. Based on the book series by Amy Ignatow.
Networks: YTV
Distributor: BBC Studios

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors work on scenes filming in Toronto, Canada and Hamilton from July 4 – October 21, 2022.

Role: MORGAN 

Character Description: 

Non-Binary. 12-14. Morgan is Mapleview Middle School’s resident muckraking journalist, Editor-in-Chief of the Manatee Minute, and also host of its accompanying podcast. Morgan takes their duty to uphold the fourth estate very seriously, and won’t bend on their journalistic integrity. But that also won’t stop them from spreading some hot goss… as long as its verified by multiple sources. Morgan’s TENS of loyal readers rely on them to get the story right and to get it fast! Morgan has their finger on the pulse of the school more than any other kid, which can be a heavy burden on a kid who’s also trying to find their place in the world. Morgan is non-binary, so they often feel different, outside of the norm. It’s part of what makes them an astute observer of the goings on at Mapleview. But it’s also what helps Morgan find their centre at school. They are never othered at Mapleview Middle because of their identity. But they can get a little side-eye for their OBSESSION with winning a Pulitzer before entering high school.

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: $$

SYNOPSIS:

Middle school is the new high school. The life of a preteen girl is tough. You’re 12 going on 13, while everyone else in the class seems like they’re turning 20. Everyone else is trendy, sophisticated, and well…popular. This is a story of two girls hilarious struggles to make it through these formative years, where every day is awkward and the most important day of their lives (!!). While the title, Popularity Papers, may suggest a show about how to become popular, at the heart of it this series is about discovering your authentic self and not trying to be someone else just to fit in. It captures the real challenges of being a tween girl and disarms them with humor, love, and friendship. It’s a show that proves failure is an option, humiliation is good for a laugh and middle school is survivable.

Lydia and Julie are best friends on the hunt for answers to history’s question: How does someone become popular? Through pragmatic (and not-so-pragmatic) testing and social experimentation, they’ll figure out what it really means to be popular and finally get answers to questions like, do you really need to ditch your real friends to become popular? Should you quit the things you’ll love just because they’re considered “uncool”